Towing Services Regulations 2025

This regulation applies if a towing worker obtains an authority to tow a vehicle in the conduct of a regulated towing business.

The towing worker must make 3 copies of the original signed authority to tow, each of which must show the signatures of the authorising person and towing worker.

Each of the original signed authority to tow and the 3 copies is a completed authority to tow for the purposes of this regulation.

Before the towing worker starts to tow the vehicle, the towing worker must give 1 completed authority to tow to the authorising person.

Before the towing worker starts to tow the vehicle, the towing worker must either —

place 1 completed authority to tow in the vehicle in a position where it is protected from being lost or damaged; or

attach 1 completed authority to tow to the vehicle in a manner that protects it from being lost or damaged.

The towing worker must ensure that 1 completed authority to tow is given to the towing service provider in relation to the regulated towing business as soon as practicable but in any event within 48 hours after the authority to tow is signed by the authorising person.

The towing worker must retain 1 completed authority to tow for at least 2 years after the authority to tow is signed by the authorising person.